Description
Yellow Evening Primrose or Common Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
N.A. Native. The most medicinally useful of all the many native Oenothera species. 2-6’ tall. Doesn’t mind dryish soils or weak soil. Full to Part sun,
Biennial – grows vegetatively first year and flowers in second. Flowers all summer. Deer resistant.
Supports both Larval and Moth stages of the pink Primrose Moth (Schinia florida).